by Ray DePaola | Jan 21, 2022 | Life Coaching
When did life get so freakin’ complicated? Wasn’t it just a few years ago when you knew what you were supposed to do? What you wanted? How the world worked, and how you fit into it? Wasn’t that just a second ago?? Now, though, more times than not, you feel like you’re...
by Ray DePaola | Aug 12, 2021 | Life Coaching, Quotes, ZenJoy
Let’s talk about confidence. Or, more precisely, the lacking of confidence. The reality is, many of us struggle with bouts of self-doubt; a struggle that can impact important areas of our lives, such as our relationships and careers, or our happiness...
by Ray DePaola | Aug 6, 2020 | Life Coaching, Meditation, Sunrise Pages
I’m sitting by the firepit, nursing a small but growing orange flame. If I’m honest, there’s also a lot of blue smoke. After the storm from a couple days ago, the wood still holds dampness. I’m back to building fires, because it is a way I can...
by Ray DePaola | Jul 22, 2020 | Anti-racism
“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. “Our children and their children will ask us, ‘What did you do? What did you say?’”— Rep. John Lewis Last week was a heavy week. A heavy week...
by Ray DePaola | Jun 28, 2020 | Anti-racism, Life Coaching
Photo by outsideclick on Pixabay I’m sharing here a response I gave to someone who replied to my previous post about Where I Stand. I appreciate their comments, which were a prompt for me to get more clear in articulating what I see, what I believe, and where I...
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